CVE-2017-4939
At a glance Severity Not available EPSS EPSS 1.34 % · percentile 71 (2026-10-27) State PUBLISHED Published 2017-11-17 Updated 2024-09-16 Assigner vmware NVD status Modified
Description VMware Workstation (12.x before 12.5.8) installer contains a DLL hijacking issue that exists due to some DLL files loaded by the application improperly. This issue may allow an attacker to load a DLL file of the attacker's choosing that could execute arbitrary code.
Scores Version Score Vector Scored by CVSS 3.0 HIGH 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
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Affected configurations (NVD CPE) cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:12.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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